vermicularis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From vermiculus (“little worm, grub”) + -aris (adjectival suffix), the former being the diminutive of vermis (“worm”).
Pronunciation edit
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ver.mi.kuˈla.ris/, [vermikuˈläːris]
Adjective edit
vermiculāris (neuter vermiculāre); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (New Latin) A specific epithet of many taxonomic species names.
Usage notes edit
- Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.
Declension edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | vermiculāris | vermiculāre | vermiculārēs | vermiculāria | |
| Genitive | vermiculāris | vermiculārium | |||
| Dative | vermiculārī | vermiculāribus | |||
| Accusative | vermiculārem | vermiculāre | vermiculārēs vermiculārīs |
vermiculāria | |
| Ablative | vermiculārī | vermiculāribus | |||
| Vocative | vermiculāris | vermiculāre | vermiculārēs | vermiculāria | |